At 07:56 AM 31/01/02, Geri Zervoudis wrote: >Could anyone tell me if a "Copy of the Death Register" document and a Death >Certificate are the same thing and/or contain the same information? I have >received the former from the NLW, but note in the GRO website that the death >certificate contains the date and place of birth. The document I received did >not. >Thanks. >Geri I'm not sure if this is of any use, but going by Australian certificates, etc., a certificate is a certificate and that is for sure. A copy of the document, is just that, a copy, which is probably typed or written out by some other person later on, and may therefore contain mistakes. As for example a marriage certificate and a copy of same for one of my rels. The copy circa 1919 said for one of the parties, born in Denbin, whereas the original certificate 1897 said Denbighshire, Wales. For the other party the copy said born in Scotland, but the original certificate said, born in Portland, Victoria. These are massive errors, yet they continuously occur. BE WARNED! Graham Melbourne Oz